Places
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Learn the history of Boulder City Boulder City was designed to be a model city. It was built by the Six Companies and U.S. Government to provide homes for the men building Boulder (now Hoover) Dam.more... Learn the history of Boulder Beach Area The Boulder Beach area saw much activity during the construction of the dam. The U.S. Government Railroad was built from Boulder City to the dam site proceeding down Hemenway Wash in 1931.more... Learn the history of Callville Bay Seeing the viability of steamboat travel to transport supplies and immigrants, Mormon leader Brigham Young recruited Bishop Anson Call to establish a colony and build a warehouse on the Colorado River.more... Learn the history of Echo Bay Salt mines now under Lake Mead waters in the Echo Bay area, as well as near former St. Thomas, were once mined by Indians. The miners, using stone tools, would chip a circular groove into the salt, forming a knob which they would break off and carry away for their use and for trading. Learn the history of Overton Beach The Basketmaker Indians lived at Lost City, also called Pueblo Grande de Nevada, on the Muddy River near the Virgin River probably before 500 A.D. Pueblo Grande de Nevada, or Lost City, is an unfortunate choice of names, since it applies to the whole complex of villages scattered along the Virgin and Muddy Valleys. Learn the history of Temple Bar Daniel Bonelli left St. Thomas after it was abandoned in 1871. He built his home at Junction City, at the mouth of the Virgin River, and renamed it Rioville. Bonelli raised cattle and agricultural crops, and mined salt for sale to the miners from Temple Bar to El Dorado.more... Learn the history of Meadview Area The Meadview area includes the areas of South Cove, Pearce Ferry and Grand Wash. Meadview is a small community located on the southern and eastern boundary of the recreational area and about 10 miles from both Pearce Ferry and South Cove. It is almost an inholding, being surrounded on three sides by recreational area lands.more... Learn the history of Willow Beach From artifacts found along the Colorado River, Willow Beach must have been a prehistoric trading center. The Basketmaker Indians from Lost City started camping at Willow Beach around 250 B.C.more... Learn the history of Cottonwood Cottonwood Island, quite lush with grasses and cottonwood trees, was a perfect place for the miners to raise their stock.more... Learn the history of Katherine Landing Bullhead City was named for Bull's Head Rock, an old landmark located along the Colorado River. In the years of steamboat travel up the river, it was used as a navigation point.more... |
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Did You Know?
Desert Bighorn sheep live in matriarchal societies. A dominant female leads a herd, which for much of the year consists primarily of ewes and their lambs. The rams tend to stay together in bachelor groups until the summer breeding season.